Chris Russo's tendency to mangle names of athletes and personalities reared its head when he confused Sauce Gardner with Gardner Minshew. Edit by Liam McGuire, Comeback Media.

Part of Chris Russo’s charm is his inability to pronounce the names of professional athletes.

Another part of said charm is mixing up names.

Just recently, the ‘Mad Dog’ named Megyn Kelly, the starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

And on Tuesday, he credited New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas for drafting “Wilson and Minshew.” Now, he means Garrett Wilson, New York’s No. 1 wide receiver, but as he tried to plead for Douglas to get some of the heat for Gang Green’s struggles, he attributed him as a player who predated Douglas’ tenure in New York.

If it’s taking you a while to get there, it took Funhouse (@BackAftaThis on X) a bit to get there, too. Somehow, he juxtaposed Sauce Gardner and Gardner Minshew II. The only difference is that, well, how much time do you have?

He meant New York’s No. 1 cornerback but instead came away with the now-Las Vegas Raiders backup quarterback.

Douglas would’ve been fired way before Robert Saleh had he spent a premium draft pick on Minshew. Still, it’s also hard to argue that the journeyman quarterback would put on worse displays than we’ve seen out of Aaron Rodgers, Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle, or Trevor Siemian, for that matter.

But, hey, Douglas still has a job as of the writing of this article.

Gardner (and Minshew) now join a long list of names that Russo has botched over the years, including, but not limited to, Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus, New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave, Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella, former POTUS Barack Obama, and perhaps the most egregious, his Mad Dog Radio co-worker Damon Amendolara.

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About Sam Neumann

Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.